The Labor enquirer., 1887-01-22

spells, vhieh dppoAz1 - b ~ dhlv OBJ
1T q a eIeeeiea kers. Bat (hd editors
Of the Journals ssbsoseating ths money
'beas ars hot sslsf ths United Labor
pasty n6v, and ID their No beesuse Of
il sxisesncs, and u their frantic efforts
to,dsssro, II thsv| pretend 70 loSs sight
Of The fAct that family quarrelS" To al
sortso ofesranissd b b0diss-polit,csl social,
theolceical ana cprporats from time
immsmorial have occurred and Are con
stantly occurring A few squabblee
among the little great grands" Of an I'M
mepse organisatieh cannot destroy the
latter. while they may have ths happy
effect Of DESTROYING the former and
what then2 why. when the king dies
the people crv. 1.-THE king ls dead !"
Long live the kineI" and when the
president dies the republic still lives.
Those writers who love to serve monop-
oily and kneel in alteration at the
cloven feet OF the golden calf OF capital
should bear this fact in mind when they
eleefully proclaim from their house tops
and tall towers that there Is trouble In
the camp Of labor. Z
Three thousand coal beavers are out
on strike across the river in New Jersey
at the present writing. and their move
ment Is sanctioned by their friends all
along the line. The best Of order is
preserved, very much to the disappoint.
ment Of the coal barons whose first step
was to notify the police. The men on
strike have obeyed the instructions Of
their officers to keep away from the
drinking saloons and to conduct them
selves as sober, peaceful citizens. The,
superintendent appealed to the men on
the boats to take the places Of the strik-
ers, but after listening attentively to HIS
remarks the boatmen quietly laid down
their tools and refused to touch a shovel
or pick that bad been left BY their fel.
low workmen. II seems strange that
the great coal companies-like the
Reading, for instance ce-owning 100000
acres Of coal< land, (Resding,) $1,000
acres Of which Mr.. Gowen estimates to
be worth 81 1000 per acre. or $4,000, 900.
and getting high prices and large profits
for their products. should be either un-
able or unwilling to pay their working
people satisfactory rate of wages
enough, say, to make the men comfort
able and coptented. There must be
something In the perversity Of the mon
opollstic conscience which. in the sim
plicity Of my nature, I am not able TO
fathom.
Now, more than ever, the labor vote
will be caJoled, hattered and fished for.
Governor Hill dashes boldiv into the
6eld. through the convenient medium
Of message" and on the subject of
labor uses number Of inexpensive
words, words. words signiiying Moth
ing" And vet the Professionally demo-
cratic governor has succeeded in soaring
the party papers badly. The demo
cratic World intimstes that "there may
be some criticism raised by Hill's en-
dorsement Of some extreme demands of
the labor organizations" The ratified
Tribune turns green, pale green. and
says that "the workingmen must realize
that talk is cheap"-which original ex-
preston comedies with the one used
above by your correspondent. God
help the poor" Is another cheap thing
In the way Of cheap phraseology. The
Times smiles grimly at the idea that
something shoul Id be done by legisla-
tion toincrease the pay and diminish
the toll Of men who work." All this and
much more In the same strain, because
the workingmenI have resolved to take
hand in politics; for when they were
quiescent. passive, obedient, docile
voters a ] the attention they ever re-
ceived was q sort Of quasi acknowledge
ment that they were good fellows on oc-
casions when 1t was desirable to re elect
their representatives" and perpetiate
the rule Of the politicians.
Promises have been made before, and
as often broken /; for the democratic and
republican Cover rnors and Legislators of
New York have, through many ater-
nate terms Of service (t) capital) mani
tested q cold and cruel Indifference to
the needs Of the toilers, and this state of
things would have continued till "the
crack Of doom" but for the political &C.
ton OF labor. Now democratic COVER
nor Is made to see that workingmen
have become practical and powerful
factor in the wav Of demonstrating their
aoiiity 10 take the reins OF power in
their own hands and it is political life or
death with him 10 either WIN Or lose the
votes Of " men who work." Hence,
these words Of promise to the ear" in
the governors message. But"His Ex.
cellency" could not have studied up the
methods Of the new style of working.
men very closely, else he would have
discovered that one Of the fund alnental
rules Of the politically organizel work.
men is to vote for the nominees Of the
United Labor party and by no means
for professional democrats nor for re
publican office seekers. :.
Corrigan versus George and Labor.
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